The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-24
WALES AND HIS WIFE.
THE MANY RESTRAINTS INCIDENT
TO AN EXALTED POSITION


TO AN EXALTED POSITION
Concealed Bitter in the Seeming Sweets
Tho Princess Not Altogether Adorable
An Unhappy Daughter-waIes Oper
to Just Criticism.
1t is a popular idea in America, quite as
much if not more than in England, that
the Prince OF Wales is about the last man II
the world to be restrained in anything. Al
the little naughty tales which have beer
whispered about him would lead one to sup
pose that such q thing as restraint had about
as much power over his actions as a silk
thread would have 20 tcther an elephant II
does not follow that all that is said of him is
true; indeed it IS safe to say that nine-tenths
Of it isn't But if he sometimes does over.
step The royal boundary; if his spirit does
now and then rise Up in arms against the
forced mTina sought to be put upon his
nature VINO can blame him. lie is only a
mann after all. even though the British nation
arc pleased t. consider him d good deal more.
And then, of course, his slips are more
noticed tbau other peoples, ana mole hills
become mountains in a short space of time,
once Truth, The World and Vanity Fair get
an inkliug of the matter
/ often wonder he Is as good as he Is, poor
chap The princess Is rather a dragon, |
fancy, and does a good neal Of quiet flirting
with the good looking equerries and lords in
waiting, as her restraint is less than that Of
other married royalties She enjoys the
prerOgative of asking men TO dance with her
at balls. This doesn't look like restraint Ger
tainIy; yet there Is restraint in it. 1t is
a right which no nice minded woman would
care TO exercise, be she the queen, princess,
or what you like. Her restraint consists in
not letting men ask her; for she might hest
tate about asking men and compelling them
to throw over previous engagements, as they
would be obliged to do, no engagement for
anything-bal, dinner party, contemplated
journey or dance-holding good against a
royal command. Knowing this a refined
woman would feel great deIicacy in forcing
men to dance with her.
THE PRINCESS NOT SENSITIVE.
The Princess of Wales, however, doesn't
seem to be troubled much with sensitiveness
in regard to this. Indeed, so far from shrink
ing from royal obtrusiveness, she yields her
power with considerable lack of womanIy
feeling. Some time ago there used to be a
young man who was at all the court balls
and other entertainments where the princess
was. He was a good dancer and handsome;
but, alas, he had heart complaint, and his
doctor warned him on no account to dance.
i
were loads of lovely girls with whom he
would have risked a good deal for a few
turns Of a waltz. But his physicians orders
must be Obeyed. The Princess of Wales
found out about it, and, instead of commend
ing the young chap for his good sense and
sympathizing with him, what does she do2
Sends him word by equerry that is the
form that she wishes to dance with him
He turns pale, for he knows he can't refuse
or excuse himself. So off he goes, at the
risk of his life, Juggling round woman
whose lameness does not exactly improve her
heavy Danish step, while dozens of his favor
tie partners are with 'other fellows" A wo-
man who can do that sort of thing is not apt
to make husbands home happy.
If looks mean anything her eldest daugh-
ter, Princess Louise of Wales, who by the by
has just passed her Goth birthday, is far from
being happy girl At Sandown races she
looked depressed and miserable Her high
station makes her superior" to every man
she talks to, and she cannot unbend and be
natural in any way. Restraint again. When
she marries it will be better for her, poor
girl. As it is she sits silent and dull. Her
dressing, too, is a disgrace to her mother.
Take last year at GoodwOOd, for instance
There was the Princess of Wales, herself
decked out in light gray satin costume, and
her two daughters, Louise and Maud, dow
Oily attired in brown spotted merino frocks
and black cloth jackets. Nice mother that,
keeping her girls back so as to remain young
herself as long as she can.
OPEN TO JUST CRITICISM
do not mean to assert that the Prince of
Wales has not good time now and then, for !
he has. Why shouldn't he! All | mean to |
say is that his life is not one long, uninter- |
rupted dream of fairyIaud. He may do silly |
things to amuse himself, but, on the other
hand, he has boring levees to hold for the |
queen, foundation stones to lay, bridges to |
open, dinners to so to, speeches to make, |
meetings to preside at and every heavy |
drawing room and other court entertainment |
20 be present at If he does get away. when |
he can, to smoke a cigarette at his club with |
his set, have chat behind the scenes at the |
Gaiety or take a run over to Cannes or HON |
burg for good time generally with any /
bright, witty American girl who can talk |
and cheer man up, who would really blame !
him: He is only seeking freedom from re-
strajrt
He does some unnecessary things, however
things ont of keeping with ones ideal of a |
WaU-.ud then he leaves himself open to lust /
criticism For example, at Sandown races !
last week he had young and pretty women |
walters instead of men TO carry round re- /
freshmeuts, and went so far in fostering the /
innovation as to personally design the COS .!
tune they were attired in-viz., black cloaks, !
three cornered caps, short skirts and red |
stockings. He is getting a triie too old for
such nonsense, Is "Tummy," and one would |
have right TO expect greater things from F,
the nations future king during his mothers |
jubilee year, especially did not one remember
that after all it is but a species of pardOnable |
relaxation OccasiOned by the habitual restraint
there Is thrown over him.-London Cor San /
Francisco Argouaut
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